THE only one unfazed by the excitement at Mona Vale Sacred Heart School yesterday was little Florrie Butler.

A month after her big sisters Niamh, 5, and Millie, 7, and neighbour Charlie Steedman, 9, saved Florrie from drowning in their backyard pool, the young lifesavers were given NSW Ambulance bravery awards in a surprise presentation at morning assembly.

While emotional parents and teachers choked back tears, and the three best friends alternatively beamed and cried at the unexpected attention in front of the whole school, Florrie, 2, was as happy as a little girl dressed in a pretty pink dress and her best black shoes can be.

As Florrie ran around the playground and hugged her rescuers, parents Siobhan and Ricky Butler watched with relief at the thought of what might have been.

The pool in their Warriewood backyard had been installed for barely two weeks when Niamh, Millie and Charlie saw Florrie floating face down, with the floaties on her arms keeping her on top of the water.

Mr Butler said he had turned his back for 60 seconds to get a glass of water when Florrie got into trouble.

The girls swam to the child, pulled her out of the pool and turned her on her back.

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